Sick Day

I called in sick this morning because toddler sizzled the spit off my finger when i touched his cheek. So after leaving 4 instant messages through our corporate voicemail in hopes that one of them would get to the seven people i copied, calling off grandma who was preparing to watch boy, who's also sick, as she's been doing all week, and the school to say boy would be home again today and the daycare to say toddler would be home too, i crawled back into bed with toddler while boy watched cartoons.

then we had some tylenol, went out with our bottle of tang to watch TV and contemplate breakfast, which ended up being the new cereal with teen titans on the box (Honeycomb rocks!) and grand's biscuits (they were buy 1 get one free this week) and this slammin saugage Languinisa (sp?) that my mom-in-law always hooks us up with.

i had coffee and shared my eggs with toddler. then we watched sesame street while boy played games on the internet. toddler loved sesame street. i watched religiously as a kid, along with my mom, who was also learning english at the time. that show is brilliant. why can't those folks be in charge?

anyhow, toddler fell asleep and i got on the internet, checking email, blogs. called mrs. reflux and chatted like we're in eachothers' daily lives again for the first time in 15 years. began the continuous dialogue with self about how to share my blog with others. realized i did it again and sent mrs. reflux the link to www.nomoredishes.com, apparently some restaurant list for spots in So. cal.

thinking i need a new site name, even though it still applies - "no more dishes", meaning i don't care if my kitchen's a mess, it's no longer the measure.

hung out with boy, let him marinate the meat for dinner and he did a such a professional job, tasting his concoction before each new ingredient. he amazes me. go food network.

then we almost played a game, but toddler woke up and HUNGRY. so we made sandwiches and had lunch together and i got a kick out of watching their big brown freaky japanese anime eyes watching mine from across the table.

then we all took a bubble bath, them in their birthday suits and me in my bathing suit. it was so fun with the extra bubbles, for beards, earrings, snowballs, hats, war paint. mr. bubble's still making trouble.

hair dryer for everyone, oh what a treat, and then off to blockbuster to get mulan II. popcorn, juice and sofa time after a round of medicine for those under 5 feet. (hey that rhymes!)

toddler almost fell asleep again, boy was rivetted, it was pretty good for a sequel video/dvd release.

then i made a dinner fit for guests: steak, roasted veggies in olive oil, basmati rice with "tadik" (crispy, crunchy fried saffron rice & potatoes on the bottom of the rice pot) and salad.

i could get used to a day like today, sick kids and all. i was more at peace than i have been all week, finally able to stay home and take care of my children.

I wish someone would have told me when i was young and steaming along the private, all girl prep school track, destined for law or medicine or something equally professional, that i should prepare for the day when i will want to be home to care for my small children.

for now, five sick days a year will have to do.